my bad... kill enough SUnni and the problem goes away On 1/9/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The current government is run by the Shias and has been ignoring ethnic > cleansing of Sunnis from a large swath of Baghdad. > > I don't think our credibility is slipping at all inside Iraq. In fact, some > of the Sunnis are coming to the realization that we are their only chance > for survival, because if we leave the Shiites are going to wipe them out. > > I have also heard that some Sunnis are realizing that it was a big mistake > to start a guerilla war against Iraqi Shiites who outnumber them 3-1 and, > since March, have been increasingly using guerilla and terror tactics > against the Sunnis. Sooner or later Iraqis are going to want peace. The only > question is whether they come to that conclusion in a few months, a few > years, or a few decades. > > As for getting out, I heard an interesting question posed about Iraq. If we > get out like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi want us to do, and then Iraq (or > the wider Middle East) goes up in flames because we have left a power > vacuum, what do we do then? I have never heard anything even resembling a > strategy from Democrats about how we move forward. All I ever hear is (Monty > Python quote coming), "Run away! Run away some more!". > > On 1/8/07, Dana wrote: > > > > interesting article on this in Newsweek a few weeks ago. The gist of > > it was that the current government feels there is no problem... kill > > enough Shia and the problem goes away. Both sides of the Sunni - Shia > > divide get poitical mileage out of denouncing Americans, but rely on > > us to keep order. The only way out is to get them to sign on to some > > sort of accord *now* as our credibility ther eis slipping fast > > > > I thought the article was quite thoughtful and well-thought-out. > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > >
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